In the play, Bleu takes on the role originated by Fred Astaire in the 1942 movie. And while the actor literally danced his way across a basketball court in High School Musical, he said it was nothing compared his musical numbers in Holiday Inn.

Bleu said that one of his more difficult numbers includes both dancing and fire called “Let’s Say It with Firecrackers.”

“It’s all timed out onto the stage so as I’m dancing I have to move into certain spots,” he said. “And I take my hands in my pockets and I throw down and the [firecrackers] explode.”